This is just beautiful. Practical application of maths. I would love to get my hands on one of these when it is done.
Glad that he has a patent for that. He should be justly rewarded for coming out with this road safety feature.
To those that believe that there is prior art, do note that the patent granted is for "Wide angle substantially non-distorting mirror". It is not just any curve mirror, it is unlike normal curve mirror which distorts the image, from the picture, you can see that there doesn't appear to be any distortion, which is what makes his mirror unique
I can't access the actual article, but this doesn't sound like a very substantial bit of work. On its face, it's the type of thing I'd probably expect a decently bright college kid to solve quite well as a week-long project, nothing more.
Even if it was, we don't typically give out patents for mere solutions to novel math problems. Why should this be any different?
> Even if it was, we don't typically give out patents for mere solutions to novel math problems.
Actually, we do give out patents for solutions to problems that involve math (the soluions involving math). Those patents do not cover using the same math for other problems.
Glad that he has a patent for that. He should be justly rewarded for coming out with this road safety feature.
I'd prefer if he was justly rewarded in some manner that doesn't involve him having the legal right to prevent others from using this road safety feature particularly as it probably has a chilling effect on similar improvements.
Glad that he has a patent for that. He should be justly rewarded for coming out with this road safety feature.
To those that believe that there is prior art, do note that the patent granted is for "Wide angle substantially non-distorting mirror". It is not just any curve mirror, it is unlike normal curve mirror which distorts the image, from the picture, you can see that there doesn't appear to be any distortion, which is what makes his mirror unique